Twister 2716

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They watch the sun rise, the dawn lighting up an unfamiliar world. They are hungry. Despondent. At least now we can see we’re lost, he says.

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Twister 2715

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He cruises the aisles of the hardware store looking for kindred souls, love perhaps, hoping not to bump into his ex-wife in Home Improvement

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Twister 2714

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And when she said, We’re a team, he sighed and made a move toward the door, and said, We’re going to start talking about drapes, aren’t we.

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Twister 2713

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She brought home a chandelier she’d found at a yard sale. She placed it on the table and he got up to take a look. Don’t break it, she said.

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Twister 2712

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She made promises to him that he knew she couldn’t keep. But she knew he was tantalized by the possibility she promised and so he would stay

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Twister 2711

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The parents milled about, ignoring their kids, mostly thinking dirty thoughts and wondering who was unhappier, about coupling and pedicures.

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Twister 2710

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They got in the line-up but it wasn’t moving. The club was called The Rip Van Winkle. Unfortunately none of them really liked reading books

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Twister 2709

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They were mattress shopping and everytime he suggested a mattress she said no and finally he got tired of it and he said, It’s not that bad.

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Twister 2708

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He slumped in his chair. He’d looked over his spam folder, and felt inadequate. That’s why they call it morbid curiosity, his colleague said

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Twister 2707

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jones sits at his desk picking his nose and dreaming about buying shoes in Milan. His assistant enters the office. And Jones shakes her hand

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